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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cereal, Doughs, and Batters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What often turns brown after cutting them?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Asparagus.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Artichokes.

2. What drug do farmers use on animalw to create the hormones needed for leaner meat?
(a) Antibiotics.
(b) Caffeine.
(c) Morphine.
(d) Steroids.

3. What does a parsnip convert its starch to in the winter?
(a) Wax.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Salt.
(d) Flour.

4. Which herb can be both sweet and bitter?
(a) Mint.
(b) Sage.
(c) Basil.
(d) Fennel.

5. Which of the following was an early method of preserving meat?
(a) Canning.
(b) Drying.
(c) Taping.
(d) Freezing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can one use nut skins to make?

2. What is the world's most widely used herb?

3. What should one do with seeds once one has cooked them?

4. What family is the tomato a member of?

5. What herb has 600 varieties?

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